Mississippi Territory:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC LANDS, ON THE PETITION OF SUNDRY INHABITANTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY PRAYING THE INTERFERENCE OF CONGRESS IN QUIETING AND ADJUSTING CLAIMS TO LANDS IN SAID TERRITORY. DECEMBER, 21, 1814.

Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814. 10, [2 blank] pp. Folded, untrimmed, uncut. Two pinholes in blank left margin, lightly tanned and foxed. Very Good.

An unsophisticated copy of this plea by landowners in the Yazoo area of Mississippi Territory for federal assistance in quieting titles to land that they purchased from Spain. Others had been granted the same land by England during the prior British ownership of the Territory. The Report explains the history of the Spanish and British claims to the area, and lists the British grants of land filed with the register of the land office.
AI 33474 [5]. Item #23532

Price: $125.00